tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post8257110707307437232..comments2023-10-22T05:51:58.898-04:00Comments on Soob: While We Where ShoppingJay@Soobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-32372179072732503642007-12-19T16:10:00.000-05:002007-12-19T16:10:00.000-05:00Heh. Good point Arherring.Heh. Good point Arherring.Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-68551551212436107532007-12-18T09:54:00.000-05:002007-12-18T09:54:00.000-05:00Actually at the start of the war in Afganistan and...Actually at the start of the war in Afganistan and Iraq he sort of did. Except his was closer to the exclamation from the Second Punic War.<BR/><BR/>"Hannibal ad portas!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-49571664504085861442007-12-17T17:30:00.000-05:002007-12-17T17:30:00.000-05:00Adam,Prior to the third Punic war Cato was convinc...Adam,<BR/><BR/>Prior to the third Punic war Cato was convinced the only way to end the threat was to obliterate Carthage. And so the words "Carthago delenda est!" or Carthage must be destroyed became infamous as Cato proclaimed them in nearly every political address (oration) he made no matter the subject. <BR/><BR/>Pres. Bush could utilize an element of Cato's political tenacity and deliver verbal honors like the above posted as often as feasibly possible (obviously not as obsessively as Cato.)Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-2895361322688225822007-12-16T14:50:00.000-05:002007-12-16T14:50:00.000-05:00Did Cato do something similar?Did Cato do something similar?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com